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mantle deep amethystine ; above and behind the eye and 
sides of the occiput fiery-red ; fore-neck and breast darker 
vinous than in the typical form. 
Total length 245 mm. ; exposed culmen 18; wing 134; 
tail 108; tarsus 30. 
Adult female. Similar to the adult male, but differs in 
being paler on the back, wings, and tail, with scarcely any 
trace of amethystine colour on the mantle ; the space over 
and behind the eye and sides of the nape less bright. Wing 
128 mm. 
Hab. British Guiana. 
The type is in the British Museum. 
Geotrygon bourcieri baeza, subsp. nov. 
This bird differs from G. bourcieri bourcieri in being paler 
and more grey on the under surface, darker on the upper 
parts, and larger in size. “Iris brown, eyelids red, bill 
black, nostrils reddish, and feet red” (W. Goodfellow). 
Total length 3800 mm. ; exposed culmen 18 ; wing 164; 
tail 106; tarsus 43. 
Hab. Baeza, East Ecuador, altitude 6000 feet. 
The type is in the British Museum. 
Pardirallus rityrhynchus simonsi, subsp. nov. 
Adult male. Closely allied to P. r. sanguinolentus, but 
differs in being olive-brown on the upper surface, instead of 
coffee-brown, and not so uniform; the underparts paler—the 
breast and abdomen slate-grey instead of bluish slate-colour; 
and by the smaller wing-measurement. 
Total length 330 mm.; exposed culmen 53; wing 134; 
tail 63; tarsus 52; middle toe and claw 58. 
Hab, West Peru. 
The type, which is in the British Museum, was collected 
at Eten, in North-west Peru, by P.O. Simons on the 9th of 
October, 1899. 
Neocrex erythrops olivascens, subsp. nov. 
Adult. Differs from the type of N. erythrops erythrops in 
being oljive-brown above instead of bistre-brown, darker 
